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Decision Stack
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What is Decision Stack?
Decision Stack is a card from the Team Tactics deck by Pip Decks.
Where are you going? How will you get there? Use this framework to tell the world about your team’s intentions. Identify gaps in your strategy to create alignment and give your team guided autonomy to do their best work.
If you have gaps in your Decision Stack, try: Team Vision, Team Strategy, Design Principles and OKRs.
When to use Decision Stack
- Misalignment between team activities and business vision.
- Difficulty in translating strategic goals into actionable steps.
- Lack of clarity in team roles and objectives.
- High levels of micromanagement due to unclear guidance.
- Struggles in maintaining team motivation and autonomy.
- Rapid scaling requiring structured strategic alignment.
- Inconsistent decision-making processes across teams.
How to use Decision Stack
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Gather the vision, strategy, principles and objectives from around your business.
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Sketch out the Decision Stack frame and fill in any details you can.
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Discuss each section using these prompts and change any that you think can be improved:
Vision (Where we are going)
Is it concise, clear and customer centric? Does it set an audacious goal? Does it avoid detail?
Strategy (How we get there)
Is it based on current reality? Does it tackle challenges? Does it outline value to your customers? Include coherent actions? Emphasise focus over compromise?
Objectives (Our measurable steps)
Are they qualitative, inspirational, time bound and actionable?
Opportunities (The best bets)
Are these your riskiest assumptions? Will they bring the most impact?
Principles (Make great design decisions)
Do they allow you to make decisions? Do they describe how you want to build your product? Are they specific to your company?
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Decide who to share your Decision Stack with using Communication Matrix.
Tip: it’s okay to have Decision Stacks for different teams, although ultimately they should be aligned.
